FEMA representatives spent time assessing damage from historic flooding that hit Milwaukee area neighborhoods nearly two weeks ago, getting a firsthand look at the destruction.

MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Six teams of agents with the Federal Emergency Management Agency have begun preliminary damage assessments in Southeast Wisconsin

The BriefFEMA is on the ground in southeast Wisconsin, assessing flood damage.Workers are determining whether it rises to the level of a major national disaster.Homeowners, who continue to recover, are hoping for federal relief.